Soapbox: More independent study of vaccines needed

Diane Marschke

Did you know it's now standard hospital practice to vaccinate every newborn baby within 12 hours of birth with the hepatitis B vaccine?

Did you know the American Academy of Pediatrics also recommends 49 doses of 14 different vaccines before a child is 6? This vaccination schedule has tripled over the past 30 years.

Did you know that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 6 children is developmentally delayed?

As a grandmother of a 2-year-old boy, he has a 1 in 55 chance of being autistic?! There's a childhood epidemic of asthma, diabetes, and other chronic allergic and autoimmune diseases among these most highly vaccinated children in the world.

Did you know that most of the vaccine safety studies have been done by the drug companies that produce them?

Did you know Congress has shielded these companies from vaccine injury lawsuits in civil court?

Until we have independent studies on why our next generation is so sick and focus more on vaccine safety, is it any wonder that parents are increasingly afraid of vaccines?

Instead of looking for answers, there is an increasing movement to just coerce parents into accepting the current vaccination regimen, like Colorado House Bill 1288.

Yes, there are important reasons to be educated about vaccines as this bill would require, but let's look at all sides of the picture.

Most everyone recognizes the value of immunizations, but do we need so many, so unstudied and so early?

A pediatrician, Dr. Robert Sears, saw a need for a factual reference book to bridge the gap between the adamant pro- and anti-vaccine camps and wrote "The Vaccine Book" after 13 years of research. He doesn't tell you what to do but lets you decide after reading the facts in a very user-friendly format.

Did you know there are different brands of vaccines to choose from, some with way more aluminum and toxins than others?

The National Vaccine Information Center is another resource.Visit online at NVIC.org.

Our precious children trust us to study what's best for them.

Diane Marschke is a Fort Collins resident.

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Soapbox: More independent study of vaccines needed

Did you know it's now standard hospital practice to vaccinate every newborn baby within 12 hours of birth with the hepatitis B vaccine?